Kara Russo's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Rhode Island Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am 100% pro-life, and I am a pro-life leader in Rhode Island as well as a pro-life speaker and writer. I produce a statewide pro-life television show in Rhode Island, and I testify often against pro-abortion legislation and in favor of pro-life legislation. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| I want the United States to cease combat operations in Afghanistan. | |||
Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,
| Yes | do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
| No | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I oppose this only because I feel that, unfortunately, DISCLOSE Act type of regulation will be used as a Trojan Horse tactic to strip away our first amendment freedoms. However, I feel that the vast majority of politicians in our country are bought and paid for, often by corporations, and that we as citizens have the absolute right to see the complete information on every corporation, union, organization, PAC, individual, etc. that gives money to candidates, along with which candidates are receiving this money, and in what amounts. This information should be provided by each state's Secretary of State's office. | |||
| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| I oppose the death penalty because I am pro-life. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I feel that our public education system has become an indoctrination mechanism for programming our children with atheistic and immoral ideologies, including the radical same sex agenda and Planned Parenthood "sex education" programs. I strongly support school vouchers. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
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| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| The second amendment to the United States Constitution is our greatest protection against government tyranny, as well as our greatest protection against criminals. Criminals who will always be able to obtain guns, whether they are legal or not. Disarming the citizenry is the first step to dictatorship. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| No | Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | Do you support allowing illegal immigrants, who were brought to the United States as minors, to pursue citizenship without returning to their country of origin? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police? | ||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| The radical same sex agenda, implemented through the passage of same sex civil unions, same sex "marriage", and certain "hate crime" legislation, is one of the biggest threats to religious freedom facing Americans today. The agenda is used as a legal hammer to FORCE the acceptance of homosexual behavior on citizens, with organizations and individuals who do not comply being fined, fired, arrested or forced to close. The Catholic adoption arms of Catholic Charities organizations in several cities were forced to CLOSE rather than violate Catholic teaching by complying with new state law to adopt out to same sex couples. | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| No | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| I support international diplomacy instead of invoking a potential nuclear war. | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| This will just deplete social security even further, and if the stock market collapses, these retirement accounts are not secure. | |||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| Greatly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Maintain Status | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
| My priorities are to stop the atheistic communistic attack on the United States, which is being carried out through the agenda written in the Communist Manifesto and outlined in "The Naked Communist" by Cleon Skousen. The communist agenda is to destroy our nation from within by deconstructing the building blocks that hold our country together - religion, family, and population. ACLU founder Roger Baldwin, an admitted communist, said directly that communism was their goal, and the ACLU constantly manipulates the legal system to establish laws that remove religion from the public square. Abortion is also a tool for population reduction. |
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